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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer Somerford Keynes church.jpg Postcard of the Church of All Saints Somerford Keynes Gloucestershire on the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire border England The church is Grade II listed; it has 7th century foundations was rebuilt in the 13th century had 18th century additions and was restored in the 19th century The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent ca 1905-1916 and of 6 Cromwell Street Swindon ca 1920-1936 He is believed to have died 1936-1939 The postcard is postmarked 1930 This print has darkened with age but it would be inappropriate to adjust the brightness because detail e g clouds in the sky would be lost Border The remaining border of this image is important for researchers of this photographer Some photographers trimmed their images more than others and Palmer has a reputation for producing smaller postcards than other early 20th century UK photographers He took his own photos developed them in-house onto postcard-backed photographic paper and trimmed them himself It is worth adding that during hand-developing the border is actively masked with equipment which both crops the picture and causes the white frame or border to appear on the paper This frame is part of the design and is one of the reasons why the quality of Palmer's work is so interesting and why there is an article and category for him on English Wiki Researchers need to see exactly where the edge of the postcard is Thank you for taking the time to read this Scan of original postcard in my possession Postmarked 1930 Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright 2011 comparison shot of the same view - File Palmer sites Somerford Keynes church 2011 016 jpg PD-art-70 Fred C Palmer of Swindon All Saints Church Somerford Keynes | ||||
